His radio show "Weekend Edition with Scott Simon" on NPR has won numerous awards such as the Peabody, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award and many more
For his coverage of the civil war and famine in Ethiopia, he received the Presidential End Hunger Award and a citation from the Peabody Awards
For his gourmet article "Conflict Cuisine," he won a James Beard Award
Attended the University of Chicago and McGill University, and has received numerous honorary degrees throughout the years
Quote: "Race, blood, lineage and nationality don't matter․ They're just the way small minds keep score․ All that matters about blood is that it's warm and beats to her loving heart․"
Quote: "We love our first daughter so much that we wanted to get her the best present in the world - a sister to come along for the ride․"
A respected journalist and broadcaster, he has reported from all of America's fifty states, five continents and on ten separate wars
While in London with his wife and daughter, they were contacted by Scotland Yard and ate at the Itsu Rushi restaurant where former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko contracted fatal polonium-210 poisoning